Dr Tod Moore

Career Summary

Biography

Despite the difficulties associated with contract and casual academic employment prior to my full time appointment in 2010, I have remained research oriented for a number of years. I worked with Prof. Graham Maddox at UNE and then with Prof. James Walter at Monash before coming to Newcastle. Articles in A journals (both sole and co-authored), book chapters, and refereed conference papers, all demonstrate a high level of commitment to scholarship in Australian political ideas, Australian politics, history of political thought, and sovereignty theory. Current work combines sovereignty research with history of political thought to examine the nature and significance of liberal imperialism across time. Since 2009 I have been responsible for establishing and coordinating our POLI3001 capstone course for the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Commerce degrees in the Business School, teaching across three campuses and averaging approximately a thousand students per annum. I am also involved in HONS and RHD supervision.

Research ExpertiseHistory of political thought, History of Australian political thought, Puritanism and politics in the 1640s, sovereignty theory, Australian political bibliography, Australian politics, international relations theory, Australian constitutionalism, Australian liberalism and socialism, religion and politics, liberalism & imperialism.

Teaching Expertiseinternational relations, comparative politics, business and politics, Australian politics, Australian political culture, Marxism.

CollaborationsThe following topic areas are of interest: history of political thought, history of Australian political thought, Puritanism and politics in the 1640s, sovereignty theory, Australian political bibliography, Australian politics, international relations theory, Australian constitutionalism, Australian liberalism and socialism. I am currently researching liberal intellectual groups in Australia and elsewhere in the early twentieth century, looking at their approaches to ideas of imperial intervention.

Research Supervision

Current Supervision

Countering Militancy Through Negotiations: The Role of Jirga in Tribal Areas of PakistanPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2015

Iran's Role in Reduction of Terrorism in Both Middle East and Global LevelPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2014

Participation of the People: The Confrontational 'Us and Them' Dynamics in VenezuelaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2014

Resource Politics: Foreign Investors, the State and Traditional Landowners in the Development of Mineral Resources in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of the Ramu Nickel Mine in Madang ProvincePolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

AustraliaÂ¿s Dirty Green Politics and the Future for Energy Security: Why itÂ¿s `Not Easy Being GreenÂ¿ in a Dangerous WorldPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

Sovereignty in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Transitional Administration or Colony in DenialPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

Toward a Cooperative Eastern Central EuropePolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2013

Energy Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Threat to Middle Eastern Security or an Opportunity for PeacePolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year

Research Title / Program / Supervisor Type

2013

Building States, Failing Nations: The Failure of Post-Conflict Reconstruction in IraqPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

Grappling with the Democratic Transition: Parliamentary Accountability and the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, TanzaniaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor